TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
2 weeks ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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